Bana is a
department or commune of
Balé Province
Balé is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Boucle du Mouhoun Region with Boromo as capital. Its area is , and had a population of 297,367 in 2019. The province is known for its Deux Balé Forest, populated by savannah el ...
in southern
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...
. Its capital lies at the town of
Bana. According to the 2019 census the department has a population of 19,787.
Towns and villages
Towns and villages and populations in the department are as follows:
Burkinabé government inforoute communale
* Bana (2 769 inhabitants) (capital)
* Bassana (918 inhabitants)
* Bissa (357 inhabitants)
* Danou (1 311 inhabitants)
* Fofina (189 inhabitants)
* Ouona (3 170 inhabitants)
* Sienkoro (485 inhabitants)
* Solonso (635 inhabitants)
* Somona (428 inhabitants)
* Yona
The word Yona in Pali and the Prakrits, and the analogue Yavana in Sanskrit, were used in Ancient India to designate Greek speakers. "Yona" and "Yavana" are transliterations of the Greek word for "Ionians" (), who were probably the first Gr ...
(2 037 inhabitants)
References
Departments of Burkina Faso
Balé Province
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